Stan the 104-year-old man will have the Polish crowd (if not hurdles) behind him.
is entered in the 60 and 200 at the European Masters
Indoor Athletics Championships this month in Torun, Poland. That’s worth celebrating. He turns 105 on April 14. If he makes it to the finish line (in his lane), he’ll automatically have the 200-meter WR for M100. He’ll be the oldest entrant among 2,409,
according to the Eurovets site, which notes the breakdown of men (1,765) and women (644). “Poland will be the most represented country with 544 athletes (94 women and 450 men) before Germany 345 athletes (116 women and 229 men) and Great Britain and Nothern Island 233 athletes (71 women and 162 men). These athlete will compete in 4,887 events,” we’re told. The meet begins a day after Winston-Salem indoor nationals ends (March 22). So with a population of 745 million, Europe should be expected to have more entrants than USA. But we’re looking at 900, or 37 percent of the Eurovets turnout. We should be closer to 43 percent (based on 320 million here).
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I live in Sweden, so the ‘Northern Island’ entrant probably refers to me.
Considering that half the country doesn’t go indoors for track, the distances to the Left coast, and that we’re not contesting the outdoor throws or cross-country, 37% is mighty impressive.
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